31. The rites should be celebrated in the places appropriate to then as indicated in the ritual. Consideration should be given to special needs that arise insecondary stations of mission territories.

The Third World was very much in the minds of those who drew up this rite. As we continue posting for the next several months on RCIA, keep in mind that affluent Europe and America did not form the baseline for thought in these rites.

Obviously the major rites are envisioned to take place in a church. But we’ll have some discussion with the minor rites when we get to that discussion.

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Todd and his family live in Ames, Iowa. He serves a Catholic parish of both Iowa State students and town residents.

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A Roman Catholic lay person, married (since 1996), with one adopted child (since 2001). I serve a parish in music ministry.

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John is a lay missionary since 2007 with a parish in western Honduras. Before that he served in campus ministry and social justice ministry in Iowa. His ministry blog is http://hermanojuancito.blogspot.com

He also blogs reflections on the lectionary and saints/heroes/events of the date at http://walktheway.wordpress.com

He'll be a long-term contributor here analyzing the Latin American bishops' document from their 2007 Aparecida Conference.